Wake Island - Wikipedia Not logged in Talk Contributions Create account Log in Article Talk Read Edit View history Wake Island From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Coordinates : 19°17′43″N 166°37′52″E Main page This article is about the U.S. territory of Wake Island. For other uses, see Wake Island (disambiguation). Contents Wake Island (also known as Wake Atoll) is a coral atoll in the Current events Wake Island western Pacific Ocean in the northeastern area of the Micronesia Random article Enen-kio subregion , 1,501 miles (2,416 kilometers) east of Guam , 2,298 miles About Wikipedia United States Minor Outlying Islands Contact us (3,698 kilometers) west of Honolulu , 1,991 miles (3,204 kilometers) Donate southeast of Tokyo, and 898 miles (1,445 kilometers) north of Majuro. The island is an unorganized , unincorporated territory belonging to, Contribute but not a part of, the United States that is also claimed by the Republic Flag Unofficial flag Help of the Marshall Islands. Wake Island is one of the most isolated islands Learn to edit in the world and the nearest inhabited island is Utirik Atoll in the Motto(s): "Where America's Day Really Begins" Community portal Anthem: " The Star-Spangled Banner " Marshall Islands, 592 miles (953 kilometers) to the southeast. Recent changes Upload file The United States took possession of Wake Island in 1899. One of 14 U.S. insular areas , Wake Island is administered by the United States Air Tools Force under an agreement with the U.S. Department of the Interior. The What links here center of activity on the atoll is at Wake Island Airfield, which is Related changes primarily used as a mid-Pacific refueling stop for military aircraft and Special pages Permanent link as an emergency landing area. The 9,800-foot (3,000 m) runway is the Page information longest strategic runway in the Pacific islands. South of the runway is Cite this page the Wake Island Launch Center, a missile launch site. The island has Wikidata item no permanent inhabitants, and approximately 100 people live there at Map of Wake Island any given time. Print/export Download as PDF On December 8, 1941 (within a few hours of the attack on Pearl Harbor, Printable version Wake Island being on the opposite side of the International Date Line), American forces on Wake Island were attacked by Japanese bombers. In other projects This action marked the commencement of the Battle of Wake Island . Wake Island Wikimedia Commons On December 11, 1941, Wake Island was the site of the Japanese Wikivoyage Empire's first unsuccessful amphibious attack on U.S. territory in World Location in the North Pacific Ocean Languages War II when U.S. Marines , with some U.S. Navy personnel and Coordinates: 19°17′43″N 166°37′52″E Acèh civilians on the island, repelled an attempted Japanese invasion. The Country United States Afrikaans island fell to overwhelming Japanese forces 12 days later and remained Status Unorganized , Alemannisch occupied by Japanese forces until it was surrendered to the U.S. in unincorporated territory [1] العربية September 1945 at the end of the war. Claimed by the January 17, 1899 Arpetan United States Azərbaycanca The submerged and emergent lands at Wake Island comprise a unit of Government the Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument . Wake Island is Bân-lâm-gú • Body United States Air Force Башҡортса one of nine insular areas that comprise the United States Minor (under authority of U.S. Беларуская Outlying Islands, a statistical designation defined by the International Department of the Interior) Беларуская Organization for Standardization's ISO 3166-1 code. (тарашкевіца) • Civil Thomas E. Ayres , Administrator General Counsel of the Bikol Central Contents [hide] Air Force Български • Island Capt Ashley Bacon, 1 Etymology Boarisch Commander Detachment 1, PACAF Bosanski 2 Geography Regional Support Center Brezhoneg 2.1 Climate Area 2.1.1 Typhoons • Total 5.35 sq mi (13.86 km 2) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wake_Island[5/3/2021 4:51:39 PM] Wake Island - Wikipedia Català Cebuano 3 Important Bird Area • Land 2.85 sq mi (7.38 km 2) Čeština 4 History • Water 2.5 sq mi (6.48 km 2) 2 Dansk 4.1 Prehistory • Lagoon 2.00 sq mi (5.17 km ) 157,237 sq mi Deutsch 4.2 Early European contact • EEZ (407,241 km 2) Eesti 4.3 United States Exploring Expedition Ελληνικά Highest elevation 21 ft (6 m) 4.4 The wreck and salvage of Libelle Español Lowest elevation 0 ft (0 m) 4.5 The wreck of Dashing Wave (Pacific Ocean) Esperanto 4.6 American possession Euskara Population (2017) 4.7 Feather collecting Estimate 0 • فارسی Føroyskt 4.8 Japanese castaways • Non-permanent c. 100 residents Français 4.9 USS Beaver strategic survey Frysk 4.10 Tanager Expedition Demonym(s) Wakean Galego 4.11 Pan American Airways and the U.S. Navy Time zone UTC+12 (Wake Island Time Zone ) 한국어 4.12 Pan American "Flying Clippers" base 96898 Հայերեն 4.13 Military buildup APO / Zip Code Hrvatski 4.14 World War II Currency U.S. dollar (US$) Ido 4.14.1 Battle of Wake Island Bahasa Indonesia 4.14.2 Japanese occupation and surrender Íslenska 4.15 Post-World War II military and commercial airfield Italiano 4.16 Korean War עברית Jawa 4.17 Missile Impact Location System ქართული 4.18 Tanker shipwreck and oil spill Қазақша 4.19 U.S. Air Force assumes control Kriyòl gwiyannen 4.20 Vietnam War refugees and Operation New Life Kurdî 4.21 Bikini Islanders resettlement Latina 4.22 Commemorative and memorial visits Latviešu 4.23 Army missile tests Lietuvių 4.24 U.S. Air Force regains control Ligure 5 Demographics Limburgs 6 Government Magyar 7 Transportation Македонски 7.1 Aviation മലയാളം 7.2 Ports मराठी Bahasa Melayu 7.3 Roads Nederlands 8 Territorial claim by the Marshall Islands 日本語 9 Popular culture references Нохчийн 10 References Nordfriisk 11 Further reading Norsk bokmål 12 External links Norsk nynorsk ਪੰਜਾਬੀ Polski Etymology [ edit ] Português Română Wake Island derives its name from sea captain Samuel Wake, who rediscovered the atoll in 1796 while in command of the Русский Prince William Henry. The name is sometimes attributed to Captain William Wake, who also is reported to have discovered Gagana Samoa the atoll from the Prince William Henry in 1792. [2] Sardu Scots Geography [ edit ] Sicilianu Simple English Wake is located two-thirds of the way from Honolulu to Slovenčina Guam . Honolulu is 2,300 statute miles (3,700 km) to the Name acres hectares Slovenščina east, and Guam 1,510 statute miles (2,430 km) to the Wake Islet 1,367.04 553.22 Српски / srpski west. Midway is 1,170 statute miles (1,880 kilometers) to Srpskohrvatski / Wilkes Islet 197.44 79.90 српскохрватски the northeast. The closest land is the uninhabited Bokak Peale Islet 256.83 103.94 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wake_Island[5/3/2021 4:51:39 PM] Wake Island - Wikipedia Sunda Atoll 348 mi (560 km) in the Marshall Islands , to the Suomi Wake Island (total of all three islets) 1,821.31 737.06 southeast. The atoll is to the west of the International Svenska Date Line and in the Wake Island Time Zone (UTC+12 ), Lagoon (water) 1,480.00 600.00 Tagalog தமழ் the easternmost time zone in the United States, and Sand Flat 910.00 370.00 ไทย almost one day ahead of the 50 states. Türkçe Although Wake is officially called an island in the singular form, it is actually an atoll composed of three islets and a reef Українська surrounding a central lagoon:[3] اردو Tiếng Việt Climate [ edit ] Winaray 吴语 Wake Island lies in the tropical zone, but is subject to periodic temperate storms during the winter. Sea surface temperatures Yorùbá are warm all year long, reaching above 80 °F (27 °C) in summer and autumn. Typhoons occasionally pass over the island. [4] 粵語 中文 Climate data for Wake Island, US [hide] Edit links Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year Average 82.2 82.0 83.1 83.8 85.6 87.6 88.2 88.2 88.2 87.4 85.5 83.5 85.4 high °F (°C) (27.9) (27.8) (28.4) (28.8) (29.8) (30.9) (31.2) (31.2) (31.2) (30.8) (29.7) (28.6) (29.7) Daily mean 77.5 77.4 78.1 78.6 80.4 82.2 82.8 82.8 82.9 82.2 80.8 79.0 80.4 °F (°C) (25.3) (25.2) (25.6) (25.9) (26.9) (27.9) (28.2) (28.2) (28.3) (27.9) (27.1) (26.1) (26.9) Average low 72.7 72.1 72.9 73.4 75.0 76.6 77.4 77.4 77.7 77.2 76.1 74.1 75.2 °F (°C) (22.6) (22.3) (22.7) (23.0) (23.9) (24.8) (25.2) (25.2) (25.4) (25.1) (24.5) (23.4) (24.0) Average 1.16 1.60 2.23 2.51 1.74 2.29 4.02 6.16 5.07 4.33 2.79 1.78 35.68 precipitation (29) (41) (57) (64) (44) (58) (102) (156) (129) (110) (71) (45) (906) inches (mm) Source: Climatemps.com[5] Typhoons [ edit ] On October 19, 1940, an unnamed typhoon hit Wake Island with 120 knots (220 km/h) winds. This was the first recorded typhoon to hit the island since observations began in 1935.[6] Super Typhoon Olive impacted Wake on September 16, 1952 with wind speeds reaching 150 knots (280 km/h).